Miren herself advised me this fabric, and as soon as I saw it I fell in love, those delicate flowers on the mustard (or is it honey?) background were perfect for the dress. When it arrived home and I touched it, I was surprised by its softness. All the cottons I worked with before were stiffer. I washed it and started to work. Very easy to cut, to sew and iron. Very convenient, as this pattern has a couple of tricky, angled seams.

Pattern Description:Lined dress has yoke fronts extending into sleeves, close-fitting bodice with side back seams, raised waist, semi-fitted skirt, side front extends to lower side back, no side seams, mock front bands, and concealed snap closing.Pattern Sizing: 6-22. I used my usual 12, normally I have to take in the seams. But this was just perfect. Actually I think I will have to start to watch what I am eating if I want to wear it this summer.Did it look like the photo/drawing on the pattern envelope once you were done sewing with it?Pretty much. Mine is shorterWere the instructions easy to follow?Yes, but there is a lack of explanation when it comes to the most difficult part, that is attaching the yoke-sleeve to the front. Same goes to the side back. I think they should have said that you should reinforce and clip before sewingWhat did you particularly like or dislike about the pattern? Love the bodice design. And the skirt front ending in the back. I would have love some little pockets, though. And although I had to sew the snaps several times before getting it right, I like that kind of clean closing on the frontFabric Used: 100% Cotton . Bohemian Charms colour honey from the Bijoux collection. From TelariaPattern alterations or any design changes you made: I shortened the hem by 7 cm. I didn´t use hammer-on snaps, but the regular ones.And I had to add an extra hook and eye at chest level.Would you sew it again? Would you recommend it to others? I´d love to try a colour-block version of this. And yes, I do recommend it. Very elegant. Great fitConclusion: This is going to be my Summer 2013 dress for sure. It is comfortable, easy to wear and as it is cotton I feel like I can take it from day to night and look appropiate all along.

miércoles, 26 de junio de 2013

When Justine from Sew County Chick asked me to take part on her series I accepted inmediately. I admire her so much! Not only she has a great site where she shares all her crafty ideas with all of us, she is a seriously beautiful mother of five and still she has time to create pretty clothes for her daughters and herself. I don´t know how she does it!

I don´t usually follow the trends, but from time to time ( at the hairdresser, normally) I get to read some fashion magazines and realize what´s on or off. From this season I like the bold and big stripes trend. Unfortunately, the shops where I get my fabric never follow any trend. At all.

As much as I love wearing dresses in the Summer, I can´t live without shorts. Comfortable, cool and easy to wear. I went looking for the latest shorts trend in this is what I´ve got. My shops can do floral too!

Fabric in hand (just a meter, another great thing about shorts ;) I went looking for a pattern. And this one appealed me for all the pretty little details... Not that you get to notice them with the busy print, but I know they are there and that makes me happy.Con la tela en mano ( solo un metrito, otra ventaja de los shorts) , empecé a buscar patrón. Este de Patrones me llamó la atención por todos los detallitos, auque en realidad se pierden con tanto floripondio. Pero yo se que están ahí y eso me hace feliz.

Revista Patrones Casual n. 27

As you can see, sharp seamstresses, the technical drawing is not the one from the shorts the model is wearing. Yep! The waistband. On the model it sits at hip-level, whereas in the drawing you can see it is a high-waisted pattern. By the way, lovely eyebrows, aren´t they?

I hope you liked it. And if you are curious about this Series here are the participants, check them out, they have gorgeous ideas about this Summer Trends!And thank you Justine, it has been so much fun!Espero que os haya gustado. Si sentís curiosidad por esta serie, aquí están las participantes y sus blogs. Tienen fantasticas interpretaciones de las tendencias del verano.Y doy las gracias a Justine por invitarme. ¡Ha sido divertido!

Hello!This morning I went to buy some tracing paper and to have a look at the latest Burda issue. I don´t buy Burdas since last December (But to be on a diet doesn´t mean you can´t have a look at the menu ;)Right beside it, there was number 29 of easy sew from Patrones. Oh, and that came home with me. Why?

Hello everyone!The lovely Miren of TELARIA has organized a series of collaborations with sewist-bloggers among which I have the honor to be included. She let us choose the fabric from her amazing and goody-loaded online shop to create whatever we fancy. Isn´t she the best! The first one in the series is the always trendy Maider of Masustak Eguzkitan . She just made a lovely thing that I know you´ll love!

Starting on Monday, the 17th of June, the lovely Justine of Sew Country Chick will be hosting The Sewing of Summer Trends 2013 in which ten sewing bloggers are participating,. Me included, yay! Thank you, Justine for the invitation!

Would you like to make your assets look bigger without going under the knife?Would your like to look you´re right out of Woodstock?Do you like Mexican-folk vibe?If your answer is yes to any of those questions, this could be the blouse for you.And let´s not get into the sleeves thing just jet!Just look at the Burda model, looking so casual chic in her top. One of those things to throw on in the mornings. Cotton batiste it is. Fresh!

La cantidad de maquillaje que llevo en las fotos es proporcional a la ilusión que me ha hecho coser la prenda. En este caso cero patatero.
The ammount of make up I wear is proportional to the excitement I get when the garment is finish. Zero this time.

Lo único bueno: Que por fín he puesto a trabajar las puntadas decorativas de mi máquina.The only good thing: I used, at last, some of the decorative stitches in my sewing machine. Very entertaining!

He intentado arreglar las mangas frunciendolas en un puño. Mal. Despues recortándolas un poco. Peor.Finalmente las he descosido y lo he cerrado con bies azul marino.De eso no hay fotos. Con estas ya os haceis una idea. ¿no?I tried fixing the sleeves, gathering the bottom in a cuff. No way! Then cutting them shorter...they were sticking out. So I just removed them and finished the edged with navy blue bias tape. I didn´t take photos of that. You can have an idea just looking at these! See you soon, hopefully with a nicer proyect!

This is a not-sewing-related post.This one is to thank all those people that joined my spinning classes and held on to the end, which will be tomorrow.I thank them to keep me fit, to give me all that positive energy, to inspire me to look for suitable music constantly, and to make me very happy to be in their company. I hope to see them all next September and until then... Keep moving!Aqui os dejo esta canción que taaaanto os gusta...(Jua,jua)This is the song that raised their pulse the most!

Hello everyone! How´s the Spring going? Feeling warm?...Unless you live in other parts where it is the Autumn that you are experiencing at the moment!

I keep on sewing for Spring, and this little piece I bring you is very special to me.

The reason is the fabric: It is silk! Of course not from my local, cheap market. It comes all the way from China via Australia. I thought the Silk Route was a different one ;D

The best part is that this silk is a present from my friend Marjorie. She was one of the first people I met at BurdaStyle, and her friendship is very dear to me. She is not only generous with her comments and with her time: she went on a trip to China and she was so thoughtful as to pick this beautiful fabric for me, take it home then send it! Isn´t she the greatest? She is a great sewist too. You just cannot miss Marjorie´s Proyects in BurdaStyle. Her choice of fabrics is always impecable and her blouses and tops are amanzing...oh! And she has a Chanel Style jacket that is to die for!

Estp es lo que hice con la seda. Podeis dar por sentado que me daba terror meter la pata, cortar la tela...todo! Usé un patrón sencillito para dejar lucir a la tela. Patrones 293 # 8Es un Halter top, que va fruncido en el cuello del frente, no en la espalda. El lazo es una tira ancha de tela y lo mismo el bajo. Supuestamente debe llevar cremallera pero no hace falta.Este modelo se lo hice a mi cuñada en 2010, así que seguro que es facil porque por entonces empezaba a coser. Se me olvidó el pequeño detalle de que lo tuvo que terminar mi suegra porque la pobre nadaba en el top!PROBLEMA: La sisa casi va al bies. Y crece y crece. Lleva vistas y tengo la sospecha que aunque están entreteladas tambien crecen. Bueno, intenté cerrarlo un poco pero quedaba raro así que he decidido que este es el top "sin suje" Por que no hay ni un sostén que no asome por ahí. Mientras que no me de por hacer cabriolas no se nota mucho que vas "a lo loco"So here is what I made with the Silk. It goes without saying I was terrified of cutting the fabric, and I wanted to use a simple pattern to let the pretty print shine. I used Patrones Magazine 293 #8.It is very straightforward halter top, gathered on the upper front but not in the back, the bow is a wide strip of fabric and so is the bottom band. The front and back go gathered at the bottom.I made this one in 2010 for my sister in law. So I thought it would be easy enough. But I didn´t remember that back then, my mother-in-law had to fisnish it because it was too big and the poor girl was swimming in the top. Problem: As this is a halter top, the armhole is cut almost on the bias...and it keeps growing and stretching when you sew the facings. Didn´t alter that. Instead I decided this is the only top I´ll be wearing bra-less. As long as I behave like a proper lady, and don´t start jumping around everything would look just fine.